Bill fold



F. E. RYAN Aug 9 1927.

BILL FOLD Filed July 17. 1926 Patented Aug. 9, 1937.

nnirsn FREDERICK IE. RYAN, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BILL FOLD.

Application filed July 17, 1926.

This invention relates to a bill. fold, especially a fold for carryingpaper money, and has for an object to provide a fold of this characterwhich will be extremely simple 6 in construction and will so carry thebills as to occupy a minimum space in the pocket.

It is another object of the invention to provide a device of thischaracterin which when there are a number of bills carried they will beso held that they will not be liable to be accidentally lost from thefold, and may be so held by the user that they may be easily countedwithout removing them from the fold. A further object is to so hold thebills thatany individual bill desired may be easily removed withoutdisturbing any of the remaining bills.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, I have devised theconstruction illus trated in the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, similar reference characters being employedthroughout the various figures to indicate corresponding elements. Inthis drawing,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved bill fold in the open positionshowing the method of using the same.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking from the right of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fold in closed position showing theposition of the bills in the fold, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a fold showing the tab secured in aslightly different manner.

The fold itself is extremely simple in con-- struction. It comprises anelongated strip or body member of suitable flexible material, such asleather, and the tab or division member 11 of the same or av differentmaterial secured at one of its edges to the inner side of the bodymember intermediate the ends of this member and extending transverselythereof. This member 11 is shown at 12 as stitched along one edge to theinner side of the body member 10 leaving its opposite edge 13 free. Thistab or division member may be a piece of leather, metal, such asaluminum, or it may be of a suitable fibre, w or leather enclosing astiffening element, or of any other suitable construction. It ispreferably a strip of leather to correspond with the body member. It islocated nearer one free end of the body member 10 than the other so thatthe opposite side portions 14 and 15 of the body are of different SerialNo. 123,103.

lengths. It will be apparent that these side portions are foldabletoward the opposite sides of the division tab 11, and the longer portion15 is of suflicient length to be foldable'over the free edge 13 of thetab and the other end of the body member.

The bills are placed in this fold in a peculiar manner. A'number ofbills are indicated at 16 in superimposed relation. It will be apparentfrom Fig. 2 that the bills are folded over thefree edge 13 of the tab,this edge being placed at substantially the mid length of the bills, andthe bills are folded against the opposite sidesof the tab and then arebent outwardly away from the tab and lie against the inner surface ofthe portions 14 and 15 of the body, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Inthis position the bills and fold are easily held in the left hand of theuser with his thumb 1'7 resting on the top of the bills on one side ofthe tab and his index finger 18 resting on the other side of the tab,the remaining fingers 19 being on the under or outer side of the bodymember. It will be apparent that in this position the bills are allfirmly held in position and the user with his right hand may easilycount the bills by lifting up one of the free corners thereof, asindicated .in dotted lines 20, Fig. 2. It will also be apparent that thebills may be firmly held with no danger of any of them becoming loosenedor dropping out during this operation. Furthermore, any bill desired maybe gripped by the right hand of the user and withdrawn laterally andseparated from the remaining bills without disturbing them, as indicatedby dotted lines 21, Fig. 1. .Vhen folding or closing the fold theopposite side portions 14 and 15 are folded with the free end portionsof the bills against the opposite sides of the tab 11 and the bills asfolded over this tab to substantially the position shown in Fig. 3, andthen the free end of the longer portion 15 may be folded over the freeedge of the tab and the free ends of the bills as indicated and securedto the other or shorter portion 14 of the body. Any suitable securingmeans may be provided, that shown being preferred, and the body 10 ispreferably of sufficient length so that the free ends overlap in itsclosed or folded position. The fastener shown comprises the usual formof snap fastener in which the socket member is shown at 22 and the studmember is shown at 23.

In Fig. 4: I have shown the division tab as including a portion 26 whichlies next to the inner wall of the portion 1aof the body and is securedthereto by a line of stitching 27 adjacent the free ends oi theseportions. This arrangement i'ei'nores the stitches from the fold in thebody when it is closed and places them in a position where they arecovered by the overlapping free end of portion 15 when the told isclosed. The stitches are thus protected from wear when the told isclosed. This form tune tionsthe same as the first l orm.

it will be apparent from the foregoing description that the told isextremely simple in construction requiring; the use of a minimum amountof material and it will, therefore, require a minimum of space in thepocket of the usen The bills are fo ded in a peculiar way, that is, uponthemselves at their mid lengths over the free edge of the tab 11 andthen are folded back upon themselves substantially half way between thefirst told and the free ends of the bills as shown at 2-1. The bills arealways easily accessible either for counting or removal of any billdesired, and during these operations the bills can be firmly held by theuser so that there is no danger of losing any of the bills or havingthem become accidentally withdrawn.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention what I claim is:

A bill told comprising a body member, a division tab secured to one side01 said body in a position intermediate the ends thereof and extendingtransversely of said body whereby the bills may be folded at their midlength over the free edge of the tab extend downwardly on opposite sidesthereof and folded ugon themselves at the base of said tab, the oppositeportions-of said body being toldable toward the opposite sides or saidtab and one of said portions being; of a length to fold over the freeedge of said tab and the other free end of the body and the free ends ofthe bills, and enacting securing means carried by the opposite ends ofthe body.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

FREDERICK 7E. RYAN.

